I'm enjoying my new Devo CD. The Greatest Hits. I re-did this post, because I thought of better things to write about it. It's the group I've loved since back in the 70s & after learning that my uncle saw them in Kent, Ohio when he played at a bar, it gave me even more appreciation of them. I've heard some of these songs a few times, but some of them are new too me.

I thought Satisfaction was really funny, & Wikipedia even calls it "warped", so I was cracking up laughing from it. I've listened to this more & the music has grown more. Their version of Satisfaction is not as funny anymore, but pretty good and I heard it back when it was popular.

Through Being Cool; I like the idea of suggesting themselves not following others like sheep. Beautiful World really is a beautiful song & I didn't hear it before. I'm hooked on this. The combination of synthesizers & deep,deep guitars. Listening to that type of guitar playing feels as good as eating dark chocolate candy. In the song, he keeps singing,
"It's a beautiful world... but at the end, he says, "It's a beautiful world for you, but not for me..."
I'm left trying to understand the meaning of this saddness. I know it isn't beautiful all the time for anyone, so maybe that's what it means. I remember Jocko Homo & Peek-a-Boo & "Jerkin' Back 'n' Forth sounds racy, but it's not at all.

The combination of great synthesisers & guitars throughout all of the songs gives me major chills.

I've been noticing all of Devo's music has unusual rhythms that would be nice to understand how they came up with them. Right now, I'm listening to Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA now which is a new one for me. A few of these clearly sound like Punk music but still different.

In Beautiful World, it has all the usual Devo sounds, but right from the start, it seems "down" & while this dark guitar plays every so often, there's also the synthesizes playing an interesting tune of their own. It has a unique effect. I like paying attention to all these details & many many others, if I can think of them. Hope that's OK.